Taiwan’s Military Drills Turn City Streets Into Real-Life Call of Duty Beta
KEY POINTS
- •Taiwan conducted its extensive Han Kuang military exercises in urban centers for 10 days, simulating a Chinese invasion scenario.
- •Exercises included live street drills with blanks, public transport resembled wartime evacuations, and delivery workers navigated barricades.
- •Authorities throttled mobile internet during air-raid drills and faced some logistical mishaps, like spilled inert howitzer shells on highways.
For 10 days and 9 nights, Taiwan basically let its army throw the world’s most awkward street party, blocking Uber rides and dropping blanks among barbecues, softball games, and delivery scooters. From Taipei’s Wanhua district after midnight—because nothing says "minimize disruption" like tanks firing in alleys—to Kaohsiung where barracks collided with barbecue and mail delivery, the Han Kuang exercises promised unscripted chaos. Civilians found their airwaves throttled for 30 minutes (imagine Wi-Fi PTSD), a truck spilled 'inert' 155mm howitzer shells on a highway (no injuries, just dreams crushed), and a police cruiser crashed a noise complaint amid gunfire blanks. Lin Ping-yu, a former special forces paratrooper turned politician, promised no more rehearsals for the cameras—just genuine operational panic in front of your local dog walker.
Share the Story
(1 of 3)Taiwan’s city streets are now a Warzone map where your Uber driver ghosted you, and the softball team’s clutch defense involves dodgeball with blanks. Defense or accidental flash mob? You decide.
Taiwan’s military drills are the ultimate multitask: preparing for war while making your commute feel like a failed GTA mod.
You know your city’s ready for apocalypse when barbecues, mail deliveries, and missile blanks share the same zip code.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/24/2026 | Author: Matthew Loh
More Articles in World News
Top Democrats and Trump Son-in-Law Meet Secretly, Assume Peace Talks or Reality TV Reunion
Grand Theft Auto VI Delayed So Long It Might Shrink to Vice Microscope
Nike Says Sprinting Faster Could Pay Your Rent, Just Slightly Less Than Manhattan Price
Israeli Spy Boss and Syrian Diplomat Hold 'Let's Not Bomb Each Other' Summit
Ukraine’s Robots Now Teaching NATO How to Dodge Mud and Tall Grass
Woman Demands Justice, Not Paycheck, For Hotel Horror Story Tied to Sydney Swans
Syria: 'No Turkish Base Here!' Israel: 'Challenge Accepted, Bombs Away!'
US Military Claims They 'Control Hormuz,' While Iran Plays Pin the Missile
